BE Semiconductor Industries N.V. announced that at annual general meeting held on April 26, 2018, approved the dividend for the 2017 financial year was fixed at €4.64 per ordinary share. Such dividend will be paid out wholly in cash and payments will start as of May 4, 2018. The Ex-dividend quotation on April 30, 2018 and Record date for dividend eligibility (after market close) on May 2, 2018.

At the AGM, shareholders approved changes to the composition of Besi's Supervisory Board including the resignation upon term expiration of Mr. Jan Vaandrager and the appointment of two new Supervisory Board members, each of whom will serve for terms ending in 2022. Mr. Vaandrager, a Besi Supervisory Board member since 2009, resigned his position as Supervisory Board member upon expiration of his current term today. As such, the AGM approved the appointment of Mr. Niek Hoek to replace Mr. Vaandrager for a four-year term expiring in 2022. Mr. Hoek (1956) is an experienced financial and general manager who founded and is currently the director of Brandaris Capital, a private equity and asset management firm. He is also an executive director of recently listed Dutch Star Companies One N.V. Prior thereto, Mr. Hoek served as Chief Executive Officer and was a member of the executive board of Delta Lloyd N.V., an insurance and financial services firm. Mr. Hoek also served in various senior finance and general management roles at Shell. In addition, the AGM approved the appointment of Mr. Carlo Bozotti as a Supervisory Board member effective July 1, 2018 for a four-year term, with a view to future succession planning for current Supervisory Board members. As a result, the Besi Supervisory Board will temporarily expand to a total of six members. Mr. Bozotti (1952) is an experienced international executive in the semiconductor industry. He is currently President and Chief Executive Officer and sole member of the managing board of STMicroelectronics N.V. and will retire from such positions at ST's 2018 AGM. He has held these positions since March 2005. Mr. Bozotti joined SGS-ATES (later renamed SGS Microelettronica), a predecessor company to ST, in 1977. SGS Microelettronica of Italy merged with Thomson Semiconducteurs of France ten years later to form a new European champion, which is known as ST and is among the leading semiconductor companies worldwide. Mr. Bozotti first became General Manager of ST's Telecom Products Division and subsequently was promoted to Director of Corporate Strategic Marketing and Key Accounts. Thereafter, he was promoted to Corporate Vice President Marketing and Sales, Americas and, in 1994, was appointed Corporate Vice President for Europe and the Headquarters Regions overseeing ST's sales in Europe and key customers and strategic marketing worldwide. From 1998 to 2005, Mr. Bozotti served as Corporate Vice President and General Manager of ST's Memory Products Group. In addition, Mr. Bozotti is a member of The European Round Table of Industrialists and has served on the board of directors of Aricent Inc. since August 2017. Mr. Bozotti is considered independent for the purposes of the Dutch Corporate Governance Code.